Personalized media guide for offline media devices
The system addresses the ineffectiveness of EPGs offline by generating a personalized media guide using substituted content, enhancing user experience and resource efficiency for offline media devices.
US12659547B2Active Publication Date: 2026-06-16ADEIA GUIDES INC
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Patents(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ADEIA GUIDES INC
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-16
AI Technical Summary
⚠Technical Problem
Existing electronic program guides (EPGs) for media devices are ineffective when offline, as they cannot receive linear content distributions, leading to poor user experience and inefficient resource allocation.
⚗Method used
A system that retrieves media content guide data while connected to a high-bandwidth network, identifies preferred channels and unavailable content, substitutes with related content items, and generates a personalized media guide for offline viewing.
🎯Benefits of technology
Improves user experience by displaying only available content, reduces network traffic, and optimizes resource allocation by focusing on user preferences.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for displaying a guide for media content available on a user device. An illustrative method includes retrieving media content guide data for a plurality of channels, identifying a first media content item that is not available for retrieval from a content source, in response to identifying the first media content item, identifying a second media content item that is related to the first media content item and is available for retrieval from the content source, retrieving, from the content source, the second media content item, and generating for display a media content guide interface for the plurality of channels, wherein an identifier of the second media content item is displayed in a timeslot for the first media content item.
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